Category Archives: stalwarts

Words change in meaning as times change. The other day I found some one on the net referring to “Dal Makhni” as “decadent.” Can dal makhni, steaming , fresh and exuding an enticingly fine aroma be rightly called decadent? What … Continue reading →

Gulzar has turned 78 a few days ago. The songs in Bandini (his debut movie as lyricist) used to be the favourites of my elder brother. I liked the sensitive movies Aandhi and Mausam directed by him. Gulzar and Jagjit … Continue reading →

Here is the concluding part my attempt at trsnslation of the essay , “journey and Flow” by the Eminent Telugu poet, Sri Sri. ;– ‘If as you say, you like the Tree, why then aren’t you stable like a tree.?’, … Continue reading →

Money and possessions mattered little to the great poet now, life was empty, it held no charm for him after his emperor had left this earth just a while ago But one has to continue to live,as long as one … Continue reading →

In a couple of poems sung by him as an eulogy on the demise of the emperor, Krishna Raya, Allasani Peddana rues that he lived still after the great king left. Here is my attempt at translating the two great … Continue reading →

The Stalwart Gets Supaari From The Supremo, To Do His Bidding. Peddanna vividly describes the mighty emperor Krishna Deva Raya and his court on the day the emperor requested him to write an epic about the Birth of Swarochisha Manu, … Continue reading →